NFB/digital boutique

Own the very best of the NFB, now in digital format.
  • film

    Wild Life

    Nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short
    This film tells the story of a dapper young remittance man sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909. However, badminton, bird watching and liquor get in the way of cattle wrangling, and many misadventures ensue.

New Releases

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    Wiebo's War

    Wiebo's War

    • *Now available for download!* Wiebo's War is a feature documentary that tells the story of a man's epic battle with the oil and ...
    • by ,
    • 2011,
    • 2 min 32 s
  • Available for download
    Prosecutor

    Prosecutor

    • This feature documentary follows the Chief Prosecutor through the first trials of the newly formed International Criminal Court. Luis Moreno-Ocampo investigates and prosecutes some of ...
    • by ,
    • 2010,
    • 2 min 31 s
  • Available for download
    The Downtown Project

    The Downtown Project

    • Delving beneath prejudices and stereotypes, this full-length documentary ventures inside the largest social housing complex in Quebec, Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance. The result is The Downtown ...
    • by ,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    WILD LIFE

    WILD LIFE

    • In 1909, a dapper young remittance man is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching. However, his affection for badminton, bird watching and liquor ...
    • by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 23 s
  • Available for download
    The Coca-Cola Case

    The Coca-Cola Case

    • In this feature-length documentary, directors German Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia present a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder ...
    • by ,
    • 2009,
    • 2 min 13 s
  • Available for download
    Sunday

    Sunday

    • This animated short is a love letter to children’s imagination. After church, a family gathers at grandma and grandpa’s. It’s a Sunday ...
    • by Patrick Doyon,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 11 s
  • Available for download
    Van Doos in Afghanistan, The

    Van Doos in Afghanistan, The

    • In this documentary, we hear directly from soldiers serving in the Royal 22e Régiment – all of them francophone. Members of the regiment (known in English ...
    • 2011,
    • 2 min 34 s
  • Available for download
    Moon Man
    Available with closed captioning

    Moon Man

    • Moon Man is an animated short inspired by the song “Moon Man Newfie,” composed and sung by Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors. It tells ...
    • by Paul Morstad,
    • 2004,
    • 3 min 33 s
  • Available for download
    Scared Sacred
    Available with closed captioning

    Scared Sacred

    • Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: Can we be Scared into the Sacred? The film takes us on a journey to ...
    • by Velcrow Ripper,
    • 2004,
    • 104 min 53 s
  • Available for download
    Life with Murder

    Life with Murder

    • This documentary features a son accused of murdering his sister and parents who must face the most awful decision any parent could have to make ...
    • by John Kastner,
    • 2010,
    • 1 min 48 s
  • Available for download
    Reel Injun

    Reel Injun

    • Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of ...
    • by Catherine Bainbridge, Neil Diamond, Christina Fon (…),
    • 2009,
    • 4 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    Finding Farley
    Available with closed captioning

    Finding Farley

    • In this full-length documentary husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year old son and dog, retrace the literary footsteps ...
    • by Leanne Allison,
    • 2009,
    • 62 min 49 s
  • Available for download
    Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

    Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

    • Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and over 30 of today's top documentary filmmakers provide an in-depth look at non-fiction filmmaking and the steps to making ...
    • by Pepita Ferrari,
    • 2008,
    • 4 min 35 s
  • Available for download
    Chocolate Farmer

    Chocolate Farmer

    • This full-length documentary takes us to an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the ...
    • by Rohan Fernando,
    • 2010,
    • 1 min 28 s
  • Available for download
    Up the Yangtze

    Up the Yangtze

    • This award-winning documentary follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters of China’s Yangtze River - a consequence of the ...
    • by Yung Chang,
    • 2007,
    • 2 min 46 s

Bestsellers

  • Available for download
    Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada
    Available with closed captioning

    Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada

    • This compilation of 9 NFB animation films is presented by Leonard Maltin. Included in the collection are Begone Dull Care, The Cat Came Back, Log ...
    • by Sally Roy,
    • 1994,
    • 94 min 55 s
  • Available for download
    Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater

    Path of the Paddle: Doubles Whitewater

    • This short film from canoeist Bill Mason shows how to read the rapids and plan a course and follow it, with complete control of the ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1977,
    • 27 min 43 s
  • Available for download
    Path of the Paddle: Doubles Basic

    Path of the Paddle: Doubles Basic

    • This short film from canoeist Bill Mason demonstrates the basic doubles paddling strokes and how to apply them in various combinations. The application of each ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1977,
    • 27 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    Path of the Paddle: Solo Whitewater

    Path of the Paddle: Solo Whitewater

    • This short film from canoeist Bill Mason explains clearly how to locate a deep water channel by reading the rapids and how to apply paddling ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1977,
    • 27 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    Path of the Paddle: Solo Basic

    Path of the Paddle: Solo Basic

    • This short film from canoeist Bill Mason illustrates the joy and poetry of paddling solo. All the basic strokes used to control the canoe are ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1977,
    • 27 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    The Company of Strangers
    Available with closed captioning

    The Company of Strangers

    • In this feature film, 8 elderly women find themselves stranded when their bus breaks down in the wilderness. With only their wits, memories and some ...
    • by Cynthia Scott,
    • 1990,
    • 100 min 51 s
  • Available for download
    Quilt

    Quilt

    • A tribute to the unique and long-established art form of patchwork quilting, this abstract animated film uses computer and experimental techniques to choreograph quilt motifs ...
    • by Gayle Thomas,
    • 1996,
    • 6 min 37 s
  • Available for download
    Mighty Jerome

    Mighty Jerome

    • From filmmaker Charles Officer comes the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, track and field star and one of Canada’s ...
    • by Charles Officer,
    • 2010,
    • 2 min
  • Available for download
    How to Build an Igloo

    How to Build an Igloo

    • This classic short film shows how to make an igloo using only snow and a knife. Two Inuit men in Canada’s Far North choose ...
    • by Douglas Wilkinson,
    • 1949,
    • 10 min 32 s
  • Available for download
    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

    • The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and 1986. The film reveals ...
    • by Donald Brittain,
    • 1986,
    • 87 min 2 s
  • Available for download
    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    • Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a colourful decade that ...
    • by Donald Brittain,
    • 1978,
    • 55 min 35 s
  • Available for download
    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    • In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque. From their university ...
    • by Donald Brittain,
    • 1978,
    • 57 min 10 s
  • Available for download
    Cry of the Wild

    Cry of the Wild

    • This feature-length documentary from Bill Mason imparts his affection for the big northern timber wolves and the pure-white Arctic wolves. Filmed over three years in ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1972,
    • 88 min 4 s
  • Available for download
    Paddle to the Sea

    Paddle to the Sea

    • Based on Holling C. Holling's book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason's film adaptation of the classic tale ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1966,
    • 27 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    • This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and ...
    • by Donald Brittain & Don Owen,
    • 1965,
    • 44 min 1 s
  • Available for download
    Ryan
    Available with closed captioning

    Ryan

    • This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most ...
    • by Chris Landreth,
    • 2004,
    • 13 min 57 s
  • Available for download
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    • In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard ...
    • by Sheldon Cohen,
    • 1980,
    • 10 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    The Cat Came Back
    Available with closed captioning

    The Cat Came Back

    • This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid ...
    • by Cordell Barker,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 41 s
  • Available for download
    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    • This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth. Easily one of the most often-requested films in ...
    • by John Weldon,
    • 1979,
    • 3 min
  • Available for download
    The Necktie

    The Necktie

    • A mixture of puppet and hand-drawn animation, The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his quest to find meaning in his life. Stuck in ...
    • by Jean-François Lévesque,
    • 2008,
    • 12 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    Carts of Darkness
    Available with closed captioning

    Carts of Darkness

    • Murray Siple's feature-length documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts down ...
    • by Murray Siple,
    • 2008,
    • 59 min 34 s
  • Available for download
    RiP! A Remix Manifesto
    Available with closed captioning

    RiP! A Remix Manifesto

    • Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age. In the process they dissect ...
    • by Brett Gaylor,
    • 2008,
    • 86 min 24 s
  • Available for download
    Madame Tutli-Putli

    Madame Tutli-Putli

    • This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on ...
    • by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski,
    • 2007,
    • 17 min 15 s
  • Available for download
    Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

    Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

    • Sophie Bissonnette's documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy ...
    • by Sophie Bissonnette,
    • 2007,
    • 35 min 27 s

Oscar Winners and Nominees

  • Available for download
    Sunday

    Sunday

    • This animated short is a love letter to children’s imagination. After church, a family gathers at grandma and grandpa’s. It’s a Sunday ...
    • by Patrick Doyon,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 11 s
  • Available for download
    WILD LIFE

    WILD LIFE

    • In 1909, a dapper young remittance man is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching. However, his affection for badminton, bird watching and liquor ...
    • by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 23 s
  • Available for download
    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    • In this animated short, Ralph's day gets off to a bad start when he dismisses his wife's orders to clear the snow from ...
    • by Eunice Macaulay & John Weldon,
    • 1978,
    • 7 min 7 s
  • Available for download
    Walking

    Walking

    • Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist's sensibility to illustrate the way people walk. He employs a variety of techniques--line drawing, colour wash, etc.--to ...
    • by Ryan Larkin,
    • 1968,
    • 5 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    City of Gold

    City of Gold

    • This classic short film from Pierre Berton depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the ...
    • by Wolf Koenig & Colin Low,
    • 1957,
    • 21 min 40 s
  • Available for download
    Universe

    Universe

    • A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space ...
    • by Roman Kroitor & Colin Low,
    • 1960,
    • 28 min 53 s
  • Available for download
    Paddle to the Sea

    Paddle to the Sea

    • Based on Holling C. Holling's book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason's film adaptation of the classic tale ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1966,
    • 27 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    • Enjoy Co Hoedeman's short animated film about the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. They build a castle and celebrate the ...
    • by Co Hoedeman,
    • 1977,
    • 13 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    If You Love This Planet

    If You Love This Planet

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is comprised of a lecture given to students by outspoken nuclear critic Dr. Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social ...
    • by Terre Nash,
    • 1982,
    • 25 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    Every Child

    Every Child

    • Watch Eugene Fedorenko's animated short about an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for ...
    • by Eugene Fedorenko,
    • 1979,
    • 6 min 28 s
  • Available for download
    Flamenco at 5:15

    Flamenco at 5:15

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada ...
    • by Cynthia Scott,
    • 1983,
    • 29 min 22 s
  • Available for download
    Ryan
    Available with closed captioning

    Ryan

    • This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most ...
    • by Chris Landreth,
    • 2004,
    • 13 min 57 s
  • Available for download
    The Cat Came Back
    Available with closed captioning

    The Cat Came Back

    • This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid ...
    • by Cordell Barker,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 41 s
  • Available for download
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    • In this Oscar®-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The ...
    • by Norman McLaren,
    • 1952,
    • 8 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    Madame Tutli-Putli

    Madame Tutli-Putli

    • This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on ...
    • by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski,
    • 2007,
    • 17 min 15 s

NFB Classics

  • Available for download
    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    • In this animated short, Ralph's day gets off to a bad start when he dismisses his wife's orders to clear the snow from ...
    • by Eunice Macaulay & John Weldon,
    • 1978,
    • 7 min 7 s
  • Available for download
    City of Gold

    City of Gold

    • This classic short film from Pierre Berton depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the ...
    • by Wolf Koenig & Colin Low,
    • 1957,
    • 21 min 40 s
  • Available for download
    Universe

    Universe

    • A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space ...
    • by Roman Kroitor & Colin Low,
    • 1960,
    • 28 min 53 s
  • Available for download
    Action: The October Crisis of 1970

    Action: The October Crisis of 1970

    • This feature-length documentary looks at those desperate days of October 1970 when Montreal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. Using news reports and clips ...
    • by Robin Spry,
    • 1973,
    • 87 min 9 s
  • Available for download
    Cry of the Wild

    Cry of the Wild

    • This feature-length documentary from Bill Mason imparts his affection for the big northern timber wolves and the pure-white Arctic wolves. Filmed over three years in ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1972,
    • 88 min 4 s
  • Available for download
    Mon oncle Antoine

    Mon oncle Antoine

    • Claude Jutra's sweeping portrait of village life in 1940s Quebec has been called one of the greatest Canadian films of all time. Recalling a ...
    • by Claude Jutra,
    • 1971,
    • 110 min 20 s
  • Available for download
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    • Enjoy Co Hoedeman's short animated film about the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. They build a castle and celebrate the ...
    • by Co Hoedeman,
    • 1977,
    • 13 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    Paddle to the Sea

    Paddle to the Sea

    • Based on Holling C. Holling's book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason's film adaptation of the classic tale ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1966,
    • 27 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    If You Love This Planet

    If You Love This Planet

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is comprised of a lecture given to students by outspoken nuclear critic Dr. Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social ...
    • by Terre Nash,
    • 1982,
    • 25 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    • This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and ...
    • by Donald Brittain & Don Owen,
    • 1965,
    • 44 min 1 s
  • Available for download
    Flamenco at 5:15

    Flamenco at 5:15

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada ...
    • by Cynthia Scott,
    • 1983,
    • 29 min 22 s
  • Available for download
    Every Child

    Every Child

    • Watch Eugene Fedorenko's animated short about an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for ...
    • by Eugene Fedorenko,
    • 1979,
    • 6 min 28 s
  • Available for download
    Ryan
    Available with closed captioning

    Ryan

    • This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most ...
    • by Chris Landreth,
    • 2004,
    • 13 min 57 s
  • Available for download
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    • In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard ...
    • by Sheldon Cohen,
    • 1980,
    • 10 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    The Cat Came Back
    Available with closed captioning

    The Cat Came Back

    • This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid ...
    • by Cordell Barker,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 41 s
  • Available for download
    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    • This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth. Easily one of the most often-requested films in ...
    • by John Weldon,
    • 1979,
    • 3 min
  • Available for download
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    • In this Oscar®-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The ...
    • by Norman McLaren,
    • 1952,
    • 8 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    Project Grizzly
    Available with closed captioning

    Project Grizzly

    • In this feature-length documentary, Troy James Hurtubise goes face to face with Canada's most deadly land mammal, the grizzly bear. Troy is the creator ...
    • by Peter Lynch,
    • 1996,
    • 72 min

Animation

  • Available for download
    Rose & Violet

    Rose & Violet

    • This animated short tells the story of conjoined twins Rose and Violet who are recruited by Circus Igor for their acrobatic prowesses. With their shared ...
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    WILD LIFE

    WILD LIFE

    • In 1909, a dapper young remittance man is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching. However, his affection for badminton, bird watching and liquor ...
    • by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 23 s
  • Available for download
    Sunday

    Sunday

    • This animated short is a love letter to children’s imagination. After church, a family gathers at grandma and grandpa’s. It’s a Sunday ...
    • by Patrick Doyon,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 11 s
  • Available for download
    Jaime Lo, small and shy
    Available with closed captioning

    Jaime Lo, small and shy

    • When her father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment, Jaime Lo, a shy Chinese-Canadian girl, must use her creativity to cope ...
    • by Lillian Chan,
    • 2006,
    • 7 min 48 s
  • Available for download
    Snow Cat
    Available with closed captioning

    Snow Cat

    • A grandmother tells her young grandchild the moving tale of a lonely girl and an unforgettable magical cat in this animated short narrated by Oscar ...
    • by Sheldon Cohen,
    • 1998,
    • 22 min 58 s
  • Available for download
    Jeu

    Jeu

    • In this animated short, the viewer is placed in a landscape whose scenery constantly morphs and mutates and the helter-skelter world evokes the chaos of ...
    • by Georges Schwizgebel,
    • 2006,
    • 3 min 54 s
  • Available for download
    The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    • In this animated short from Richard Condie (The Big Snit), an old fool meets a young fool at a crossroads in the 14th century. The ...
    • by Richard Condie,
    • 1991,
    • 9 min
  • Available for download
    The Dingles

    The Dingles

    • Created by award-winning animator/director Les Drew, this animated short features Doris Dingle and her family of three cats. Sure to appeal to children of ...
    • by Les Drew,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 51 s
  • Available for download
    Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

    • In this animated short, Ralph's day gets off to a bad start when he dismisses his wife's orders to clear the snow from ...
    • by Eunice Macaulay & John Weldon,
    • 1978,
    • 7 min 7 s
  • Available for download
    Balablok

    Balablok

    • Bretislav Pojar's animated short explores the human phenomenon of resorting to violence over reason. The cubes live happily amongst themselves until one of them ...
    • by Bretislav Pojar,
    • 1972,
    • 7 min 32 s
  • Available for download
    Walking

    Walking

    • Animator Ryan Larkin uses an artist's sensibility to illustrate the way people walk. He employs a variety of techniques--line drawing, colour wash, etc.--to ...
    • by Ryan Larkin,
    • 1968,
    • 5 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    Cosmic Zoom

    Cosmic Zoom

    • This short animation transports us from the farthest conceivable point of the universe to the tiniest particle of existence, an atom of a living human ...
    • by Eva Szasz,
    • 1968,
    • 8 min
  • Available for download
    The Great Toy Robbery

    The Great Toy Robbery

    • This short animation stars the world's most-wanted good guy, Santa Claus. In this spoof of the Wild West, good triumphs over evil, but not ...
    • by Jeff Hale,
    • 1963,
    • 6 min 45 s
  • Available for download
    Universe

    Universe

    • A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space ...
    • by Roman Kroitor & Colin Low,
    • 1960,
    • 28 min 53 s
  • Available for download
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    • Enjoy Co Hoedeman's short animated film about the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. They build a castle and celebrate the ...
    • by Co Hoedeman,
    • 1977,
    • 13 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    Every Child

    Every Child

    • Watch Eugene Fedorenko's animated short about an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for ...
    • by Eugene Fedorenko,
    • 1979,
    • 6 min 28 s
  • Available for download
    Ryan
    Available with closed captioning

    Ryan

    • This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most ...
    • by Chris Landreth,
    • 2004,
    • 13 min 57 s
  • Available for download
    Moon Man
    Available with closed captioning

    Moon Man

    • Moon Man is an animated short inspired by the song “Moon Man Newfie,” composed and sung by Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors. It tells ...
    • by Paul Morstad,
    • 2004,
    • 3 min 33 s
  • Available for download
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    • In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard ...
    • by Sheldon Cohen,
    • 1980,
    • 10 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    The Cat Came Back
    Available with closed captioning

    The Cat Came Back

    • This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid ...
    • by Cordell Barker,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 41 s
  • Available for download
    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    • This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth. Easily one of the most often-requested films in ...
    • by John Weldon,
    • 1979,
    • 3 min
  • Available for download
    Neighbours

    Neighbours

    • In this Oscar®-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The ...
    • by Norman McLaren,
    • 1952,
    • 8 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    The Necktie

    The Necktie

    • A mixture of puppet and hand-drawn animation, The Necktie is the story of Valentin and his quest to find meaning in his life. Stuck in ...
    • by Jean-François Lévesque,
    • 2008,
    • 12 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    Madame Tutli-Putli

    Madame Tutli-Putli

    • This stop-motion animated film takes viewers on an exhilarating existential journey into the fully imagined, tactile world of Madame Tutli-Putli. As she travels alone on ...
    • by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski,
    • 2007,
    • 17 min 15 s
  • Available for download
    Sleeping Betty

    Sleeping Betty

    • In this animated short, Sleeping Betty is stuck in bed, victim to a strange bout of narcolepsy. The King calls on his subjects to rescue ...
    • by Claude Cloutier,
    • 2007,
    • 9 min 13 s

Documentaries

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    Wiebo's War

    Wiebo's War

    • *Now available for download!* Wiebo's War is a feature documentary that tells the story of a man's epic battle with the oil and ...
    • by ,
    • 2011,
    • 2 min 32 s
  • Available for download
    Prosecutor

    Prosecutor

    • This feature documentary follows the Chief Prosecutor through the first trials of the newly formed International Criminal Court. Luis Moreno-Ocampo investigates and prosecutes some of ...
    • by ,
    • 2010,
    • 2 min 31 s
  • Available for download
    The Downtown Project

    The Downtown Project

    • Delving beneath prejudices and stereotypes, this full-length documentary ventures inside the largest social housing complex in Quebec, Les Habitations Jeanne-Mance. The result is The Downtown ...
    • by ,
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    The Coca-Cola Case

    The Coca-Cola Case

    • In this feature-length documentary, directors German Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia present a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder ...
    • by ,
    • 2009,
    • 2 min 13 s
  • Available for download
    Van Doos in Afghanistan, The

    Van Doos in Afghanistan, The

    • In this documentary, we hear directly from soldiers serving in the Royal 22e Régiment – all of them francophone. Members of the regiment (known in English ...
    • 2011,
    • 2 min 34 s
  • Available for download
    And We Knew How to Dance: Women in World War I

    And We Knew How to Dance: Women in World War I

    • It's World War I, and many of the country's men have gone into battle. Twelve Canadian women, aged 86 to 101, recall their ...
    • by Maureen Judge,
    • 1994,
    • 55 min 41 s
  • Available for download
    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

    • This informal black-and-white portrait of Leonard Cohen shows him at age 30 on a visit to his hometown of Montreal, where the poet, novelist and ...
    • by Donald Brittain & Don Owen,
    • 1965,
    • 44 min 1 s
  • Available for download
    Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance
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    Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance

    • On a July day in 1990, a confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Quebec, into the international spotlight. Director Alanis ...
    • by Alanis Obomsawin,
    • 1993,
    • 119 min 15 s
  • Available for download
    Just Another Job

    Just Another Job

    • This short film takes you behind the scenes of the Quebec Nordiques. Coached by the legendary Maurice Richard, the team is playing its opening World ...
    • by Pierre Letarte,
    • 1972,
    • 27 min 8 s
  • Available for download
    City of Gold

    City of Gold

    • This classic short film from Pierre Berton depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the ...
    • by Wolf Koenig & Colin Low,
    • 1957,
    • 21 min 40 s
  • Available for download
    Action: The October Crisis of 1970

    Action: The October Crisis of 1970

    • This feature-length documentary looks at those desperate days of October 1970 when Montreal awaited the outcome of FLQ terrorist acts. Using news reports and clips ...
    • by Robin Spry,
    • 1973,
    • 87 min 9 s
  • Available for download
    Cry of the Wild

    Cry of the Wild

    • This feature-length documentary from Bill Mason imparts his affection for the big northern timber wolves and the pure-white Arctic wolves. Filmed over three years in ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1972,
    • 88 min 4 s
  • Available for download
    If You Love This Planet

    If You Love This Planet

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is comprised of a lecture given to students by outspoken nuclear critic Dr. Helen Caldicott, president of Physicians for Social ...
    • by Terre Nash,
    • 1982,
    • 25 min 50 s
  • Available for download
    Flamenco at 5:15

    Flamenco at 5:15

    • This Oscar®-winning short film is an impressionistic record of a flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada ...
    • by Cynthia Scott,
    • 1983,
    • 29 min 22 s
  • Available for download
    Life with Murder

    Life with Murder

    • This documentary features a son accused of murdering his sister and parents who must face the most awful decision any parent could have to make ...
    • by John Kastner,
    • 2010,
    • 1 min 48 s
  • Available for download
    Scared Sacred
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    Scared Sacred

    • Scared Sacred is a feature documentary that asks the question: Can we be Scared into the Sacred? The film takes us on a journey to ...
    • by Velcrow Ripper,
    • 2004,
    • 104 min 53 s
  • Available for download
    Being Caribou

    Being Caribou

    • In this feature-length documentary, husband and wife team Karsten Heuer (wildlife biologist) and Leanne Allison (environmentalist) follow a herd of 120,000 caribou on foot ...
    • by Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson,
    • 2004,
    • 72 min 19 s
  • Available for download
    Earth to Mouth

    Earth to Mouth

    • Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants ...
    • by Yung Chang,
    • 2002,
    • 41 min 33 s
  • Available for download
    Finding Farley
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    Finding Farley

    • In this full-length documentary husband-and-wife team Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison (Being Caribou), along with their 2-year old son and dog, retrace the literary footsteps ...
    • by Leanne Allison,
    • 2009,
    • 62 min 49 s
  • Available for download
    Martha of the North

    Martha of the North

    • In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices ...
    • by Marquise Lepage,
    • 2008,
    • 2 min 19 s
  • Available for download
    Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

    Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

    • Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and over 30 of today's top documentary filmmakers provide an in-depth look at non-fiction filmmaking and the steps to making ...
    • by Pepita Ferrari,
    • 2008,
    • 4 min 35 s
  • Available for download
    Carts of Darkness
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    Carts of Darkness

    • Murray Siple's feature-length documentary follows a group of homeless men who have combined bottle picking with the extreme sport of racing shopping carts down ...
    • by Murray Siple,
    • 2008,
    • 59 min 34 s
  • Available for download
    Reel Injun

    Reel Injun

    • Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of ...
    • by Catherine Bainbridge, Neil Diamond, Christina Fon (…),
    • 2009,
    • 4 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    RiP! A Remix Manifesto
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    RiP! A Remix Manifesto

    • Join filmmaker Brett Gaylor and mashup artist Girl Talk as they explore copyright and content creation in the digital age. In the process they dissect ...
    • by Brett Gaylor,
    • 2008,
    • 86 min 24 s
  • Available for download
    Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

    Sexy Inc. Our Children Under Influence

    • Sophie Bissonnette's documentary analyzes the hypersexualization of our environment and its noxious effects on young people. Psychologists, teachers and school nurses criticize the unhealthy ...
    • by Sophie Bissonnette,
    • 2007,
    • 35 min 27 s
  • Available for download
    Chocolate Farmer

    Chocolate Farmer

    • This full-length documentary takes us to an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, where cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the ...
    • by Rohan Fernando,
    • 2010,
    • 1 min 28 s
  • Available for download
    Hope Builders

    Hope Builders

    • Hope Builders is a documentary about a new teaching method (Action Research) aimed at preparing children to take up environmental challenges. Focused on an unusual ...
    • by Fernand Dansereau,
    • 2010,
    • 1 min 45 s
  • Available for download
    Up the Yangtze

    Up the Yangtze

    • This award-winning documentary follows the Shiu family as their home is destroyed by the rising waters of China’s Yangtze River - a consequence of the ...
    • by Yung Chang,
    • 2007,
    • 2 min 46 s

Kids

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    Rose & Violet

    Rose & Violet

    • This animated short tells the story of conjoined twins Rose and Violet who are recruited by Circus Igor for their acrobatic prowesses. With their shared ...
    • 2011,
    • 1 min 6 s
  • Available for download
    The Dingles

    The Dingles

    • Created by award-winning animator/director Les Drew, this animated short features Doris Dingle and her family of three cats. Sure to appeal to children of ...
    • by Les Drew,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 51 s
  • Available for download
    Balablok

    Balablok

    • Bretislav Pojar's animated short explores the human phenomenon of resorting to violence over reason. The cubes live happily amongst themselves until one of them ...
    • by Bretislav Pojar,
    • 1972,
    • 7 min 32 s
  • Available for download
    The Great Toy Robbery

    The Great Toy Robbery

    • This short animation stars the world's most-wanted good guy, Santa Claus. In this spoof of the Wild West, good triumphs over evil, but not ...
    • by Jeff Hale,
    • 1963,
    • 6 min 45 s
  • Available for download
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    • Enjoy Co Hoedeman's short animated film about the sandman and the creatures he sculpts out of sand. They build a castle and celebrate the ...
    • by Co Hoedeman,
    • 1977,
    • 13 min 17 s
  • Available for download
    Paddle to the Sea

    Paddle to the Sea

    • Based on Holling C. Holling's book of the same name, Paddle to the Sea is Bill Mason's film adaptation of the classic tale ...
    • by Bill Mason,
    • 1966,
    • 27 min 59 s
  • Available for download
    Moon Man
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    Moon Man

    • Moon Man is an animated short inspired by the song “Moon Man Newfie,” composed and sung by Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors. It tells ...
    • by Paul Morstad,
    • 2004,
    • 3 min 33 s
  • Available for download
    The Sweater

    The Sweater

    • In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard ...
    • by Sheldon Cohen,
    • 1980,
    • 10 min 21 s
  • Available for download
    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

    • This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song "The Log Driver's Waltz" by Wade Hemsworth. Easily one of the most often-requested films in ...
    • by John Weldon,
    • 1979,
    • 3 min
  • Available for download
    The Cat Came Back
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    The Cat Came Back

    • This hilarious Oscar®-nominated animation is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid ...
    • by Cordell Barker,
    • 1988,
    • 7 min 41 s